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Elio Germano

Born 1980-09-25

Elio Germano (born September 25, 1980) is an Italian actor. He made his film debut in 1993 as a child actor, before gaining prominence with a string of roles in youth-oriented movies in the early 2000s. He achieved stardom following his lead role in Daniele Luchetti's My Brother Is an Only Child (2007), for which he won his first David di Donatello for Best Actor. He won the award for Best Actor at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival for Luchetti's La Nostra Vita (tied with Javier Bardem for Biutiful) and at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival for Volevo Nascondermi, portraying painter Antonio Ligabue. Subsequent starring roles include Tutta La Vita Davanti (2008), Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012), Il Giovane Favoloso (2014), Suburra (2015), The Man Without Gravity (2019), Bad Tales (2020) and Rose Island (2020). Outside of Italy he appeared in the Abel Ferrara's Mary (2005), and Nine (2009), opposite Daniel Day-Lewis.

Known for

Rose Island 2020 · 6.9 Nine 2009 · 5.8 Suburra 2015 · 7.4 Bad Tales 2020 · 6.5 Melissa P. 2005 · 4.7 A Magnificent Haunting 2012 · 6.6 Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood 2012 · 7.3 Tutta la vita davanti 2008 · 6.9 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun 2015 · 5.5 The Man Without Gravity 2019 · 5.8 Alaska 2015 · 6.7 America Latina 2022 · 5.9 Lord of the Ants 2022 · 6.8 Tenderness 2017 · 6.4 Lost and Beautiful 2015 · 6.7 The Great Ambition 2024 · 7.2